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Asheville, NC Urban Area

295,040 Population
248.6 square miles 1,186.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,389 ±$2,281 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$67,921 ±$5,777 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.8% ±2.2% (36,756  ±6,342) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

19.9 minutes ±0.4 (2,434,710  ±72,633) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

118,028 ±4,165 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (287,413  ±7,072) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.4% ±1.2% (2,996  ±860) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

146,906 ±2,940 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$405,500 ±$18,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.1% ±1.6% (35,387  ±4,819.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

93.1% ±3.2% (206,562  ±8,304) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
47.9% ±2.3% (106,153  ±5,660.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.1% ±1% (23,868  ±2,921) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.8% ±1.1% (16,771  ±2,695) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
16,771 Total veterans ±2,695 14,750 Male ±2,623 2,021 Female ±873

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